Actually I've kept up with Continuum into the second season and have to admit the show has grown on me. How can I say this without giving away anything...Surprisingly Kira shows signs she might be more than a one dimensional jack booted thug. Alex too must come to terms with his role in helping Kira crush Liber8 as opposed to his unquestioning devotion to her he showed throughout S1. Carlos is growing weary of all this sci-fi shit, plus the plot is thickening with other players, the so called Freelancers, vying for Alex.

I'm enjoying it. Just finished the 4th episode and it seems to be slowly picking up steam.

One thing the show does really well is moral grayness. Several of the show's "bad guys" are sympathetic and in some ways seem to be the "good guys." In some ways Kira seems to be the "bad guy" in her blind devotion to the corporate-governmental entity thing. I hope they handle and unfold those issues with subtlety, because it's one of the biggest gripping factors of the show for me.

Sometimes the stock detective crap is lame, but the scifi/political/moral touches make it a little bit fresher.

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After I saw 24 on TV I decided to rewatch the series. Still great.I have also decided to see what's new in television. Falling Skies is pretty mediocre, The Client List is just flat-out bad, The Walking Dead is still okay.I think Falling Skies was the most disappointing for me since I like the concept of aliens blowing each other up.

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Also hopefully they take it as a sign they're not meant to make more albums.

I started the new Batman animated series Beware the Batman today (only 3 episodes out) and it's really good. The animated style is quite cool, all computerized and it's gonna be original since the main foe will be Anarky and Alfred's character is a bit changed, he's an ex M16 spy. Very interesting, check it out if you like the bat.

It's bad but I'll take it over the poor flash cartoon animation that's been rampant for the past decade. Nobody tries to make cartoons look good anymore outside of one or two movies, too costly and time consuming to get people that can actually draw.

I've been scrounging for stuff to watch now that I'm all caught up on all of my usual shows, and have finished the first season of Orphan Black. I think I'm gonna do Farscape next, but the uh...DVD's...didn't get here in the mail in time yet....so I watched the first two episodes of Copper on Netflix instead. It was alright so far, interesting enough for me to keep watching it.

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I actually enjoyed watching 24 with my parents semi-ironically; Jack Bauer is basically a monster who threatens to gouge people's eyes out if he thinks they have the slightest bit of information he needs, and it's always hilarious to see how him and the rest of the "good guys" trample all over every right and freedom that there is. The main problem of course is that the show idolizes rather than vilifies Bauer, so it's always irritating to see it all turn out OK in the end.

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I actually enjoyed watching 24 with my parents semi-ironically; Jack Bauer is basically a monster who threatens to gouge people's eyes out if he thinks they have the slightest bit of information he needs, and it's always hilarious to see how him and the rest of the "good guys" trample all over every right and freedom that there is. The main problem of course is that the show idolizes rather than vilifies Bauer, so it's always irritating to see it all turn out OK in the end.

So you're saying it's basically The Shield without the self-awareness?

I recall the first season of 24 being quite good; the second was also quite good but it was eerily similar to the first; and then the third happened, and the slight deja vu I had during the second season blossomed into overwhelming feelings of tired re-tread and writers stuck in a rut. I ditched the show there and never looked back.

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How? Batman Beyond was 2D animation just the same as the old Batman cartoon.

"(John Paul) Tremblay, (Robb) Wells and (Mike) Smith have announced that they're planning on making a Season 8 of 'TPB', and they're already in pre-production. The one difference this time is the show will not be broadcast on TV, but instead can be found on their new Internet channel, SwearNet.com."

Some TV shoes which diverts me from listening to my CD's all day/night were:

Game Of Thrones [I've heard that season 4 is set to be released next year, 2014! Too much wait aarrrggghhh]Vikings [Season 2 also dated to be released next year! Sucks!]Walking Dead [Can't wait for October to come! Arrrghhhh Season 4]Family Guy and American Dad [Hilarious and fun!!!!]

It is from that woman who created Weeds. Anyone remember Weeds? I think I stopped at the fourth season because I really couldn't take it anymore with the ridiculousness.

Anyway, this new show is about a women's prison and has an assortment of characters. I can see it going downhill in the future (prove me wrong please!) but for now, it is really good! Off beat, sarcastic and unpredictable.

So it got better after that stupid fucking episode where Kiera finds her deadbeat mother and starts preaching to her about why abortion is evil and wrong, I'm guessing? Cuz' that's where I dropped it.

I haven't watched the show, but is that an expression of the creators' views, or just the character's?? Because I really don't think I want to bother with a show if they're going to preach crap to me through their characters.

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